Quarter

verb

'kwɔrtər

Noun

one of four equal parts
“a quarter of a pound”
Similar:FourthOne-fourthOne-quarterQuartern
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
“it's a quarter til 4”
“a quarter after 4 o'clock”
a fourth part of a year; three months
“unemployment fell during the last quarter”
Type of:Period
an unspecified person
“he dropped a word in the right quarter”
Type of:PersonSomeoneSoul
a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
“he fed four quarters into the slot machine”
Type of:Coin
clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
“he surrendered but asked for quarter”
Type of:MercifulnessMercyClemency
(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
“both teams scored in the first quarter”
Type of:SectionDivisionPart
one of four periods into which the school year is divided
“the fall quarter ends at Christmas”
Type of:Session
one of the four major division of the compass
“the wind is coming from that quarter”
Type of:Orientation
the rear part of a ship
Similar:Poop Stern Tail
Type of:BackRear
a district of a city having some distinguishing character
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
“in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes”
Similar:Draw
Type of:Kill
divide into quarters
“quarter an apple”
Type of:SectionSegment
provide housing for (military personnel)
Similar:BilletCanton
Type of:LodgeAccommodate
divide by four; divide into quarters
Type of:DivideFraction